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There are different types of documentaries, what kind should we make?

A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record

Check out Documentary Films

Urban legends of Hartwick College

We are looking to research the urban legends and supernatural stories found around campus. We are creating it with a skeptical point of view.

Group 1

- Clowns - late at night, seen @ Cowpass

Rosa, Count, Ryan, Loverte

Group 2

- Smith Hall Ghost - 2nd floor, sightings

- Saxon Hall Ghost - 70-80’s, Ira haunts building

Val, TJ, Tess, Sergio

Group 3

- Pine lake = Sarah Richards

Mariana, Tristan, Spencer, Sarah,

What you need to do

1) Research all aspects of your subject. Answer the questions; who, what , where, why, and when. Find out the history connected to your subject.

2) Decide what information you want to use to reveal your subject in the film. Who should you interview and what questions should you ask? What places should you film? 

Research

- Internet 

- Hartwick Library

- Hartwick newspapers from the past

- Interview people

Documentary Conventions

- Dramatization

- Interview

- Video live Capture of a moment

- Images of documents, places and photos from the past

- Charts and graphs

- Voice overs

- Videos of the documenters them selves interacting 

Create Reality

- Ghost of America - http://www.ghostsofamerica.com

- Wikipedia